Restrictions on school corporations designated as distressed
Ind. Code § 6-1.1-20.3-8.7
in effectSec. 8.7. A school corporation that is designated a distressed political subdivision may not do any of the following without the approval of the board during the period before the board terminates the school corporation's status as a distressed political subdivision:
(1) Acquire real property for school building purposes.
(2) Construct new school buildings or remodel or renovate existing school buildings.
(3) Incur a contractual obligation (except for a maintenance contract or an employment contract for a new employee whose employment replaces the employment of a former employee) that requires an expenditure of more than thirty thousand dollars ($30,000).
(4) Purchase or enter into an agreement to purchase personal property at a cost of more than thirty thousand dollars ($30,000).
(5) Adopt or advertise a budget, tax levy, or tax rate for an ensuing budget year.
As added by P.L.145-2012, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.241-2017, SEC.12; P.L.213-2018(ss), SEC.10.
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